73 of 94 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A superlative documentary on the events of 9/11., September 26, 2009
This review is from: Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup (DVD)
The heated debate surrounding any mention of 9/11 truth in the mainstream media will almost certainly prevent this documentary from getting the attention it deserves. LOOSE CHANGE 9/11: AN AMERICAN COUP is the fourth in the series, and related to the first three only through subject matter and the repetition of some very brief scenes featured in LOOSE CHANGE FINAL CUT.
As most people should be aware by this point, the LOOSE CHANGE series focuses on inconsistencies in the official story of 9/11. The presence of such inconsistencies should be self-evident enough for anyone who cares to briefly look, but the reluctance of both government and mainstream media to `go there' requires people outside those fields to present the evidence themselves. (Hence, books on 9/11 by David Ray Griffin, Peter Dale Scott, Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed and Webster Tarpley, and films such as TERRORSTORM, 9/11 PRESS FOR TRUTH and the LOOSE CHANGE movies.) Before covering this most recent installment, I'll suggest up front that newcomers to these films, or to the notion of the official story of 9/11 not reflecting the full truth of the events of that day, should make a strong effort to catch the third (LOOSE CHANGE FINAL CUT) and fourth (AMERICAN COUP) entries. These are the most polished, well-researched, satisfying and useful films from the ongoing series.
AN AMERICAN COUP takes a broad view of the events of 9/11, and places them within a continuum of incidents from recent history that display the clever duplicity of governments - or determined elements within them - to get what they want politically, absent any notion of democratic approval from an openly informed general public. We see well-presented overviews of the Reichstag fire, Pearl Harbor, and other vital historical incidents, some presented in more detail than others. This entire section, as well done as it is, is nonetheless completed within the first dozen minutes of the movie. (The film even makes mention here of the Kennedy assassination, conveying a good deal in just a handful of shots, and ending with a particularly telling montage).
The events of 9/11 make up the body of the movie, and LOOSE CHANGE: AN AMERICAN COUP enters the front rank of all films that honestly address the events of that day. I have now personally watched a dozen or so films investigating 9/11, and digested a greater number of lectures and presentations covering the same topic, while simultaneously plowing through something like 20 or more related books. (This is a mundane fact, as I suspect a majority of people involved in 9/11 truth have done exactly the same thing). AN AMERICAN COUP conveys the sensation of building on that entire body of investigative research, paying careful attention to all the disparate facts and the overall narrative conveyed, then assembling them judiciously to offer the clearest possible overview and message to viewers. Many of the above books and films on 9/11 have conveyed the gravity of the event, and the importance of sharing this information with others, with a tremendous emotional impact. This new LOOSE CHANGE film offers the same potent message, but with an increased strength and clarity that stand out from those that came before. It's a blisteringly powerful movie. The previous LOOSE CHANGE FINAL CUT has remained a favorite of mine for its ability to convey useful information about 9/11 in an effective and energizing manner. LOOSE CHANGE 9/11: AN AMERICAN COUP is a more forceful experience that covers a similar breadth of material in a noticeably more polished way. It will evoke strong reactions from anyone who watches it.
The film provides an analysis of war-games taking place on the day, concurrent with the various attacks. This overview contains some extra details on the events that I hadn't fully understood before, and the additional information makes a big difference, clarifying the apparent methods used by covert figures within the government to distort the American military response to the hijackings. (These details had appeared earlier in Michael Ruppert's CROSSING THE RUBICON, but this is the first time I've seen them presented quite so clearly, with accompanying audio and video evidence).
The narrative of events shown post-9/11 includes the various contradictory appearances and messages made by Osama Bin Laden, who initially denied involvement in the 9/11 attacks, then (if the Bush administration and their fortuitously located, perfectly timed smoking-gun tapes could be believed), reversed his earlier comments and took credit for them after all. A thorough analysis of the overall unlikelihood of Bin Laden's `confessions of guilt' can be found in David Ray Griffin's recent `OSAMA BIN LADEN: DEAD OR ALIVE?'. AN AMERICAN COUP makes the same points through the juxtaposition of different images featuring Bin Laden - and not the two or three pictures you've probably seen used to present this argument elsewhere. This sequence is quite well done.
The film covers the collapse of WTC7, and revisits important testimony made by witness Barry Jennings. Some of this has previously appeared in the excellent FABLED ENEMIES documentary, but we see here some extra moments, and then the upsetting epilogue to the story. The latter includes a full screen shot of an email sent to the filmmakers by a private detective, who suggests to them that some doors are best left unopened. Aspects of this story are left unspoken, others only hinted at, but viewers will have enough information at this point to reach some definite conclusions.
AN AMERICAN COUP benefits from having the production resources to do what it wants. At one point, the narration discusses events in New York, and we see perfectly realized CG recreations of the Manhattan landscape from the day of 9/11, carefully detailed down to hundreds of individual buildings. The sound design of the film is also superlative, with some explosive moments hitting home very hard, and appropriately so. There are numerous moments like this, not dwelt on in a showy manner, but all simply used to make a particular point with clarity before moving ahead.
The film is exceptionally well made, and strongly narrated by Daniel Sunjata. It's an important movie, and one that I highly recommend people watch. For anyone with an even halfway open mind, it should prove to be an emotionally overwhelming experience. In the light of the decade of horror resulting from the disaster of 9/11, its existence provides evidence to me of two notions. First, that truth maintains its own energy, continually grows in force and effect, and cannot be easily extinguished. Secondly, that deception rests on flimsy foundations, is supported only through increasing amounts of desperation and bluster, and will ultimately wither away in full view. Don't miss LOOSE CHANGE 9/11: AN AMERICAN COUP.
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45 of 62 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Debunking the negative reviewers, September 26, 2009
This review is from: Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup (DVD)
This movie is amazing, and I highly recommend that you watch it.
That being said, I'm going to speak about the negative reviews on here, none of which bear any credence. First off, the person who wrote the review titled, "Please Don't Buy This Crap!" should be immediately dismissed because he states that they have "not seen it, and will not watch it." Clearly, and most certainly, they have not even looked at the facts in this movie and have automatically come to the conclusion that anyone who doesn't buy into the governments official story surrounding that day, is a wackjob conspiracy theorist like the main stream media would like us all to believe.
For the person whose review is simply titled, "Garbage," he/she makes the claim that the filmmaker got rejected from film school. Frankly, even if that's true, it's completely irrelevant, and he certainly wouldn't be the first. This reviewer then goes on to slander the filmmaker by saying that he produces this material to turn a profit on the 9/11 tragedies. This is laughable firstly, because he has literally put his own safety and reputation on the line to bring this message. And secondly, anyone who knows him or the members of the 9/11 Truth Movement knows that his work is fully endorsed by MANY 9/11 victims family members, 9/11 Truth organizations, and first responders, who are dying of respiratory conditions due to EPA Administrator Christie Whitman telling our heroes that the air at ground zero was safe to breathe.
Now finally, to the last review, "Swiss cheese has fewer holes than this film," which by the way was the only one to actually raise a real argument. The most blatant lie in this review is this: "The official organizations that you think would support films that raise questions about the events of 9/11 think this movie is garbage." Try searching for anything remotely in support of that statement and what you'll find is this joker's quote from his amazon review, because it's based on nothing. I dare you to find me an organization that actually has importance in this movement that doesn't endorse the Loose Change films. As I mentioned earlier, this documentary is endorsed by many 9/11 victim's family members, 9/11 Truth organizations, and first responders, because it fights for what they themselves fight for. Just to name a few in support of this documentary are New York city police and firefighters, 9/11 first responders and their families, victims families, prominent architects/engineers under the banner of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth ([...],) Dr. Steven Jones who has scientifically proven there to be nanothermite explosive material in the 9/11 dust, plus many other people and organizations. The comparison between the Empire State Building and the Twin Towers is used in no other way other than to emphasize the FACT that in all of modern history, only 3 steel skyscrapers have ever come crashing to the ground because of fire, and they all happened on the same day; September 11, 2001, World Trade Center's Twin Towers and World Trade Center Building 7. The Twin Towers were designed in such a way that each tower could have sustained multiple airliners at that speed. Think of it as stabbing a pencil into a screen door window and you'll have a great comparison. There is no way that those planes took those buildings down, period.
Watch this film and decide for yourself.
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